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angles. Legs moderately long ; intermediate coxse near together ; 

 tarsi 4:5:5, the last pair with the 1st joint elongate, joints 2-4 

 slightly decreasing. 



Under the name Homalota a vast number of species from all 

 parts of the world, varying considerably in form and structure, have 

 been described ; latterly the original genus has been to some extent 

 sub-divided — Gnypeta and Brachida being established at its 

 expense — but it still contains a vast assemblage of species. The 

 genus is here regarded in the sense of Kraatz, whose sections, 

 founded on the form of the prothorax and abdomen, I have 

 attempted to follow. 



Section 1. — Ah domen parallel. 

 a. Prothorax strongly transverse. 



5. Homalota piceicollis. 



Homalota piceicollis, Fauvel, Ann. Mus. Genov. XIII., p. 577 



(1878). 



Facie et magnitudine angusticollis, sed colore omnino alia ; 

 nigra, nitida, corpore antico lurido alutaceo, nitidulo, parum dense 

 fulvo pubescente, antennarum articulis 2 primis, thorace, seg- 

 mentisque 2-3 piceo testaceis, antennis elytrisque piceolis, pedibus 

 flavis ; antennis vix incrassatis, sat brevibus et tenuibus, articulo 

 4° parum, 8-10 magis transversis ; capite vix perspicue, thorace 

 creberrime subtilissime, elytris paulo fortius creberrime vix 

 rugosule, abdomine parum dense subtilissime, segmentis 5-6 vage, 

 punctulatis ; capite disco medio foveolato ; thorace capite sat 

 latiore, fortiter transverso, lateribus parum rotundatis, basi 

 utrinque sinuata, media parum fossulata; elytris thorace sat 

 latioribus, tertia parte longioribus ; abdomine apice vix angustiore; 

 £ segmento 7° supra apice truncato, utrinque inciso, extus 

 incisuram spinula armato, subtus triangulariter parum producto. 

 Long. 2J mm. (Fvl.) 



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